{"id":263,"date":"2022-01-03T09:05:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T09:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nonleagueinsider.com\/?p=263"},"modified":"2024-04-24T17:22:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:22:28","slug":"premier-league-teams-that-worked-their-way-up-from-non-league-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nonleagueinsider.com\/teams\/premier-league-teams-that-worked-their-way-up-from-non-league-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Teams That Worked Their Way Up from Non-League Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pinnacle of the English game is the Premier League. It is a league admired worldwide by fans for its action and branding. Some say it is the best football league in Europe.<\/p>\n

Whatever is said about the Premier League, it is the place to be for any club in the English football pyramid. The riches and prestige on offer can make or break a football club. Clubs throughout the English game dream of making it to the promised land.<\/p>\n

However, is it possible then for a club to rise from non-league to the Premier League? Well, although it has not been done often, a few clubs have bucked the trend and made it all the way from non-league to the Premier League.\u00a0 If you find the right bookie and get a bet on while teams are in the lower leagues and they make it to the PL you can get very high odds.<\/p>\n

Here are those proud few:<\/p>\n

Wigan Athletic<\/h2>\n

The Latics are one of the biggest Cinderella stories in the history of English football. Incredibly, as recently as 1977, the Latics were not even a professional club. However, in 1978 after being successful in non-League football, the north west outfit was elected by the Football League to join the fourth tier of English football.<\/p>\n

In just over two decades, Athletic worked their way from the fourth tier of the English game to the Premier League. One of the key factors in their meteoric rise was sportswear impresario Dave Whelan. Athletic was in the third tier when Whelan bought the club in 1995.<\/p>\n

With his financial backing, the club from Lancashire steadily rose up the football pyramid. In 2005, the Latics won promotion to the Premier League, and they remained in the English top flight for eight seasons until 2013 when they suffered relegation. However, that season was bittersweet for Wigan, as under head coach Roberto Martinez, they defeated Manchester City 1-0 to win the FA Cup at Wembley.<\/p>\n